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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gyouho Cho, North York, CA;
Kevin Vander Laan, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Richard D. Lagerstrom, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Allen Joseph Gilbert, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/10 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); G01R 31/36 (2020.01); G01R 31/3828 (2019.01); G01R 31/392 (2019.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/10 (2019.02); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); G01R 31/3648 (2013.01); G01R 31/3828 (2019.01); G01R 31/392 (2019.01); H01M 10/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a controller that, during a predefined period of time and responsive to an average current of the battery exceeding a first current threshold for a first period of time, reduces a maximum current threshold of the battery by a first amount, and during the predefined period of time and responsive to the average current exceeding a second current threshold for a second period of time, further reduces the maximum current threshold by a second amount.